Comments on: Jon Stewart Hammers Jim Cramer on The Daily Show – What About Bush?

By: Flap

Flap — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:18:24 +0000

And, what are corporations?

Groups of people doing business.

If you are so against corporations, then who should conduct private enterprise?

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:25:12 +0000

History will marvel at how much trust the middle class was willing to place in corporations…that ended up raping them and the country. Stupid idealogical arguments like “we are becoming socialist” just serve the corporatist. Cramer is a phony…there is very little objective reporting left in this country because corporations have been running wild.

By: Flap

Flap — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:28:59 +0000

You have to be a complete idiot and moron to think that Cramer or Stewart are anything more than entertainers.

Do you really think people invest their hard earned money because of Cramer’s stock picks?

Do you really think anyone obtains their hard news from a television channel called Comedy Central?

Same with Olbermann, Matthews, Hanntry, Maddow and Limbaugh – all entertainers, left and right.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:21:34 +0000

By dismissing Stewart as a comedian, you are being very narrowminded and, frankly, just wrong. The fact that he puts up ratings in the range of 1.4-1.6 million (he eclipsed that number around the election, getting over 2million) compared to O’Reily getting around 3-4 million shows that he has a very significant viewer base, and as you point out, a considerable influence on the news for the younger generation (plus he frequently gets guests such as former president Clinton and Carter, vp Gore, prime minister Tony Blair, NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams [who beats out both Stewart and O'Reily, and who, unlike you, respects and commends Stewart for his contribution to journalism]). Stewart uses the socratic method for interviewing, is consitant with his message and attacks, not compromising what he thinks based on what side he is on the argument (you can look up and of his commentary on Fox news to show how everyone on that network is a “wannabe pundit” who cannot be taken seriously) and, many of the real political pundits can learn a thing or two from him (you can too, cause he wouldn’t just dismiss you because you are some random blogger, he would actually listen to what you have to say and then judge you based on those merits and your ability to defend your argument).

By dismissing Cramer as a faux-journalist, you dismiss the fact that he is one of the most watched financial advisors on one of the most watched financial channels, and the fact that few americans do their own research, let alone read much anymore, you dismiss the power he and those on his network have. I am making the assumption, potentially wrongly, that you consider some of the hacks on Fox News as true political pundits, and I argue that your same logic to dismiss Cramer should be used on the Hannity’s, Beck’s, and O’Reily’s (I don’t think i need to mention Mathew’s or Olberman…) and it goes without saying Rush Limbaugh’s, who is probably the worst example of “entertainer/faux-journalist”

By: Flap

Flap — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:00:04 +0000

Joey, are you frakking kidding me?

Jon Stewart is a comedian and Cramer is a business entertainer/faux-journalist.

Both are wannabe political pundits who cannot be taken seriously.

By the way, Jon Stewart isn’t even frakking funny.